Hello, good afternoon, and welcome to 'The Be All and End All', today's episode of Resounding Echoes. Following on from our most recent monthly newsletter, which was published five days ago, as per usual on the first day of the month, I want to look at today's chosen compositions and air some sprawling ideas that have come to mind since then. If any of you haven't watched it yet, and I urge you all to do so, it was a very interesting conversation among four composers about the role of individuality and collectivity in the art of composition, and how these two factors relate to each other ...